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I went in for my annual eye exam last week. Told the doc I figured that I would need a new prescription since both my distance and reading were off a little. I've been wearing these "multifocal" contacts for the last few years which are like bifocals and correct both problems. So no need for distance or reading glasses and I didn't have to compromise by having one eye near and one eye far. Very cool.

Anyway, after the exam, the doc leaves the room and after about 5 minutes his partner shows up and she examines me. And then says - "it looks like you were right, you do need a new prescription. But not because your eyes got worse - because they improved!" I actually went 2 steps in the other direction in each eye - from -1.75 to -1.25 in the left and -1.50 to -1.00 in the right. They sent me home with the new lenses and asked me to come back today to confirm. Neither doctor had ever seen a double correction like this for someone my age (54).

Today they re-tested and determined that the new readings are correct, and they have no idea how it could've happened. I am calling myself a medical miracle. My daughter prefers the term "freak of nature".

Just completely fricking weird. And no, I did not use HGH.

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thrill wrote:Alright then freak, what does this say?

Dill had a much better take on this than you did, thrill.

And I could totally read that - which I couldn't have last week. I am the mang.

waaaaah!! I had a friend in college who looks exactly like her. Creepy. But very easy on the eyes.

Leroy: I already had to have that pic removed once before, be careful.

That's kind of drastic, but pretty normal. My eyesight went from a -5.25 to a -5.00, and when i got excited about that the guy chuckled and just said it's a function of age - and to prepare for reading glasses. Two years later and here I am with progressive lenses so I can read the darn newspaper.

He told me that in middle age your eyesight actually improves - although like I said yours was pretty dramatic.

I had my annual eye exam last week and my vision improved again. I'm now -1.00 in both eyes. My daughter now has a stronger prescription than I do.

Old age rocks!

Wondering....if your getting more powerful eyesight, is that taking away from the muscle power elsewhere in your body? If that's the case, you may want to rethink this